On the Agenda – Week 36, 2017
Take 1 – Education
Europe’s investment in education keeps dropping https://t.co/IETk9SLqcs via @EUractiv #EUpol pic.twitter.com/Lt3JHHtr2K
— EUwatch ???? (@EUwatchers) 7 september 2017
Minister’s threat of fines ‘not enough’ to curb university salaries https://t.co/IFYUZN2ZuG
— Society Guardian (@SocietyGuardian) 7 september 2017
“Rankings measure research production and funding, but not the ethics of the knowledge production.” @MichelleLStack https://t.co/oyQ7YkWiEW
— Retraction Watch (@RetractionWatch) 7 september 2017
Hong Kong and mainland students openly confront each other over pro-independence posters https://t.co/Vy4lN6h66u
— SCMP News (@SCMP_News) 8 september 2017
Take 2 – Research
An academic publisher is trying to kill Sci-Hub, the “Pirate Bay of science” https://t.co/tNdU8R2q4N
— Quartz (@qz) 7 september 2017
Publishers, funders & research institutions must get together to stop research from ending up in predatory journals: https://t.co/M6qNS30JiO pic.twitter.com/hqfLF7TV2x
— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) 8 september 2017
China publishes more science research with fabricated peer-review than everyone else put together https://t.co/Arw4dtgh3Y
— Research Medics (@ResearchMedics) 4 september 2017
If Harvey was a perfect storm, Irma is an almost impossible one. @jetjocko reports https://t.co/yvACYSDDsp
— WIRED Science (@WIREDScience) 7 september 2017
Take 3 – Germany
Why Angela Merkel deserves to win Germany’s election – and why she must be bolder in her fourth term. https://t.co/YQlGNayV28
— Jeremy Cliffe (@JeremyCliffe) 7 september 2017
Politicians try to balance decentralization and consistency, and Germany’s school system is stuck in the middle
— Handelsblatt Global (@HandelsblattGE) 7 september 2017
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World’s biggest and powerful X-ray laser gun #XFEL unveilded in Hamburg, Germany! Here’s what you should know: https://t.co/axz04AtQtz pic.twitter.com/lY5kZyDp5e
— ECSEL JU (@ECSEL_JU) 6 september 2017
A history professor’s reflections as she prepares to teach students about Hitler’s Germany. https://t.co/pdd2N1eh1R pic.twitter.com/JlndbKig5Y
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) 3 september 2017
And this week on ScienceGuideEU…
What do universities pay for publishing an article under the new ‘gold deal’? #openaccess https://t.co/p6TTJVXgRg pic.twitter.com/lZ0ZodpM8p
— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) 6 september 2017
